Raiders will return to London in 2019 to face Bears

The Raiders will play the Bears - and Khalil Mack - in London next season, the NFL announced Monday.

It marks the Raiders’ second consecutive year playing a “home” game in London and their fourth straight season with an international game. They lost 27-3 to the Seahawks in 2018 at Wembley Stadium.

The date and venue of the 2019 game has yet to be determined.

It will be the Raiders’ first time opposing Mack - the All-Pro edge rusher and former first-round pick whom Oakland traded to the Bears on Sept. 1. As part of the deal the Raiders received the Bears’ first-round pick in 2019, which slots in as 24th overall after Mack helped to lead Chicago to the playoffs.

Where the Raiders will play the rest of their home games in 2019 remains unknown - the team has yet to determine a home stadium for its final season before relocating to Las Vegas in 2020.

The Raiders’ staff will be in Mobile, Ala., this week as one of two coaching staffs for the Senior Bowl, along with the 49ers’. Jon Gruden will lead his first practice for the North on Tuesday.

An Oakland Raiders supporter poses for a photo on Wembley Way before an NFL football game against Seattle Seahawks at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

An Oakland Raiders supporter poses for a photo on Wembley Way before an NFL football game against Seattle Seahawks at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Photo: Tim Ireland, Associated Press

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An Oakland Raiders supporter poses for a photo on Wembley Way before an NFL football game against Seattle Seahawks at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

An Oakland Raiders supporter poses for a photo on Wembley Way before an NFL football game against Seattle Seahawks at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Photo: Tim Ireland, Associated Press

Raiders will return to London in 2019 to face Bears

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The Raiders-Bears game was one of four the NFL will play in London next season; the NFC champion Rams will play Cincinnati, Houston takes on Jacksonville, and Carolina and Tampa Bay will meet. Jacksonville is owned by Shahid Khan, who also owns the Premier League club Fulham.

Two games will be at Wembley and two at Tottenham’s new stadium, which was to have opened last summer but faced construction delays. The stadium’s opening has been delayed six times. The Raiders’ game against Seattle was to have been at Tottenham last Oct. 14 but was moved to Wembley.

The NFL has played annually in London since 2007 — 21 games at Wembley, three at Twickenham.

The league also said the Chiefs and Chargers will play at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium, which hosted games in 2016 and 2017. The Rams and Kansas City were to have played there Nov. 19 but the game was moved to Los Angeles because of poor field conditions.